Compound and dispense medications following prescriptions issued by physicians, dentists, or other authorized medical practitioners.

• Director, Pharmacy Services
• Pharmacist
• Radiopharmacist

• Advise customers on the selection of medication brands, medical equipment and health-care supplies.
• Analyze prescribing trends to monitor patient compliance and to prevent excessive usage or harmful interactions.
• Assay radiopharmaceuticals, verify rates of disintegration, and calculate the volume required to produce the desired results, to ensure proper dosages.
• Assess the identity, strength and purity of medications.
• Collaborate with other health care professionals to plan, monitor, review, and evaluate the quality and effectiveness of drugs and drug regimens, providing advice on drug applications and characteristics.
• Compound and dispense medications as prescribed by doctors and dentists, by calculating, weighing, measuring, and mixing ingredients, or oversee these activities.
• Maintain records, such as pharmacy files, patient profiles, charge system files, inventories, control records for radioactive nuclei, and registries of poisons, narcotics, and controlled drugs.
• Manage pharmacy operations, hiring and supervising staff, performing administrative duties, and buying and selling non-pharmaceutical merchandise.
• Offer health promotion and prevention activities, for example, training people to use devices such as blood pressure or diabetes monitors.
• Order and purchase pharmaceutical supplies, medical supplies, and drugs, maintaining stock and storing and handling it properly.
• Plan, implement, and maintain procedures for mixing, packaging, and labeling pharmaceuticals, according to policy and legal requirements, to ensure quality, security, and proper disposal.
• Prepare sterile solutions and infusions for use in surgical procedures, emergency rooms, or patients' homes.
• Provide information and advice regarding drug interactions, side effects, dosage and proper medication storage.
• Provide specialized services to help patients manage conditions such as diabetes, asthma, smoking cessation, or high blood pressure.
• Publish educational information for other pharmacists, doctors, or patients.
• Refer patients to other health professionals and agencies when appropriate.
• Review prescriptions to assure accuracy, to ascertain the needed ingredients, and to evaluate their suitability.
• Teach pharmacy students serving as interns in preparation for their graduation or licensure.
• Work in hospitals, clinics, or for Health Management Organizations (HMOs), dispensing prescriptions, serving as a medical team consultants, or specializing in specific drug therapy areas such as oncology or nuclear pharmacotherapy.

• accept prescriptions for filling
• adhere to safety procedures
• advise clients or customers
• advise governmental or industrial personnel
• analyze chemical experimental, test, or analysis data or findings
• analyze medical data
• analyze scientific research data or investigative findings
• answer customer or public inquiries
• apply drug information to patient treatment
• assign work to staff or employees
• calculate medical dosages
• calculate radiation dosage, following physician's prescription
• collect scientific or technical data
• communicate technical information
• compile numerical or statistical data
• compound pharmaceuticals or medical preparations
• conduct analyses or tests of organic compounds
• conduct laboratory research or experiments
• conduct standardized qualitative laboratory analyses
• conduct standardized quantitative laboratory analyses
• create mathematical or statistical diagrams or charts
• demonstrate or explain assembly or use of equipment
• develop policies, procedures, methods, or standards
• develop tables depicting data
• direct and coordinate activities of workers or staff
• dispense prescribed medications and pharmaceuticals
• distinguish colors
• explain complex mathematical information
• explain uses or effects of drugs
• follow confidentiality procedures
• follow infectious materials procedures
• follow safe waste disposal procedures
• hire, discharge, transfer, or promote workers
• interpret prescriptions
• inventory medical supplies or instruments
• inventory stock to ensure adequate supplies
• label pharmaceutical supplies
• maintain customer records
• maintain established procedures concerning quality assurance
• maintain record of medication or equipment dispensed to patient
• maintain records, reports, or files
• make presentations
• measure, weigh, or count products or materials
• mix paint, ingredients, or chemicals, according to specifications
• monitor worker performance
• obtain information from clients, customers, or patients
• obtain information from individuals
• order or purchase supplies, materials, or equipment
• plan or organize work
• prepare sterile solutions, infusions, or intravenous packs
• provide advice on food or drug storage or use
• provide customer service
• refer patients to community resources
• sell merchandise
• store pharmaceutical supplies or filled prescriptions
• teach individuals work-related techniques or skills
• understand drug products
• understand government health, hotel or food service regulations
• understand pharmaceutical formulas
• understand properties of gases or liquids
• understand properties or composition of drugs
• use chemical testing or analysis procedures
• use computers to enter, access or retrieve data
• use health or sanitation standards
• use interpersonal communication techniques
• use knowledge of investigation techniques
• use knowledge of medical terminology
• use knowledge of metric system
• use laboratory equipment
• use mathematical or statistical methods to identify or analyze problems
• use precision measuring tools or equipment
• use quality assurance techniques
• use quantitative research methods
• use relational database software
• use research methodology procedures in health care
• use sanitation practices in health care settings
• use scientific research methodology
• use spreadsheet software
• use word processing or desktop publishing software
• work as a team member
• write scholarly or technical research papers
• write technical health or medical documents